Join Barclays in the role of Equity Finance Funding Trader where you will work as part of the global funding team across 3 regions to fund both the regional and global book as well as contribute to the optimisation of cash and collateral across different product streams.
This role will be based at 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London.
Essential Skills:
* Educated to min 2:1 degree standard. Maths background preferred. Quant & coding skills. Excel/VBA/Excel based coding/Access.
* Ability to work under pressure and deliver results.
* Prior Front & middle office experience and exposure to equities & repo.
* Secured funding, collateral optimization & Synthetic trader working out of the London office.
* Work as part of the global funding team across 3 regions to fund both the regional & global book.
* Involvement in the management of liquidity and optimizing global equity related products out of EMEA time zone.
* Contributing to the optimisation of cash & collateral across different product streams.
* Oversee the development of quant models and derivatives pricers used in the secured funding space.
* Using derivatives and cash repo/SBL to achieve P&L and to optimize the financial resource metrics for the firm such as balance sheet and liquidity risk.
* Working closely with the global traders to manage and optimize the post trade flow of funding and collateral trades.
* Find resolutions to complex flows and streamline desk trading activity.
Desirable Skills:
* Attention to detail.
* Team player.
* Ability to think outside the box and should look to improve process with new tools or set up changes.
This role is regulated by the FCA.
You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
Purpose of the Role:
To execute trades and manage risk within a defined portfolio of financial instruments and staying informed about market trends and developments to make informed trading decisions.
Accountabilities:
* Execution of buy and sell orders or pricing of liquidity in various financial instruments while adhering to the bank's trading strategies and risk parameters.
* Monitoring and analysis of global financial markets, economic indicators, news, and geopolitical events to identify trading opportunities and assess market risks.
* Management and monitoring of the risk associated with the trading portfolio and ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal risk management guidelines.
* Collaboration with research analysts and other teams to gather insights and information for trading decisions.
Vice President Expectations:
* To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
* If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
* If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
* OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction.
* Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
* Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
* Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
* Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
* Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
* Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
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